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Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update

From "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update
Date 2025-07-27 11:36 -0400
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J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2025/7/27 4:22:5, ...winston wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> As with XP and 7, I have no intention of worrying about the cessation of
>>> "support" (I don't feel "supported" anyway). But of course unlike
>>> previous versions, AIUI "updates" in 10 can't be turned off, which
>>> implies - to me, anyway - the possibility that, maybe some years down
>>> the line, M$ would be able to kill off - stop working altogether - any
>>> 10 machine still online. Thoughts? (Including can it be blocked if I'm
>>> right.)
>>
>> Keep in mind, ESU for corporate Win10 is available for 3 yrs(2025, 2026,
>> 2027 purchase, support ending in Oct 2028). ESU for consumer editions
>> last 1 yr(2025, support ending in 2026)
>>
>> Thus, any direction towards 'stop working' is quite a bit down the road
>> even for consumer.
>>
>>
> That doesn't reassure me at all: surely, if they are planning any
> "kill", it'd be "kill only those who haven't paid the exorbitant ESU fees".
> 

Unlikely...conspiracy theory reasoning is almost always a wrong path.

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